Cricket

Going into a Test match with just one specialist pace bowler would surprise any opposition, and Sri Lanka were no exception. The Islanders shook their heads when they saw that Bangladesh had picked just one pacer for the second Test in Chittagong on Tuesday. That was, however, perhaps the only surprise

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf on Monday said that they were satisfied with the security arrangements in Bangladesh ahead of the Asia Cup and ICC World Twenty20 2014. After a PCB governing board meeting in Lahore, Ashraf expressed his contentment with the security measures taken by Bangladesh ahead

Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim put emphasis on an improved batting show from the Tigers as they look to bounce back from a humiliating first Test innings defeat in the second Test, beginning today in Chittagong. Bangladesh’s batting in both innings of the first Test was an embarrassment on a pitch that gave no real assistance to ... Read more

Bangladesh will take inspiration from the past as they seek a turnaround in fortune in the second Test against Sri Lanka, which begins today at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. The Tigers have a proud record at this venue and some of their recent successes have come here, including a highly respectable draw against ... Read more

Sri Lanka suffered twin injury blows before taking on Bangladesh in the second Test in Chittagong as left-arm spinner Rangana Herath and seamer Shaminda Eranga were both ruled out of the match on Monday. Herath had been suffering from a recurring knee injury, while Eranga picked up a thigh injury during the first Test in Dhaka. The ... Read more

Bangladesh are focusing on their fielding and preparing for the short ball ahead of the second Test match against Sri Lanka after their shortcomings were exposed in the series opener, all-rounder Sakib al Hasan said on Sunday. Sakib’s comments came as the Tigers had their first practice session at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, ... Read more

Kumar Sangakkara expects things to be different this time around when his side takes on Bangladesh in the second Test in Chittagong on Tuesday after a surprisingly easy win in Dhaka, the veteran Sri Lankan batsman said on Sunday. ‘So the earlier game was easier than we thought it would be, but we expect it to ... Read more

Uncertainty over the Pakistan cricket team’s participation in the upcoming Asia Cup and ICC World Twenty20 still looms as the Pakistan Cricket Board has yet to convey its decision, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan said on Sunday. ‘They are yet to confirn us about their particpation in Asia Cup and World Twenty20,’ the BCB president ... Read more

ICC proposes play-off match for IC Cup champions against 10th-ranked Test team Bangladesh may have been able to prevent their Test status in the recent International Cricket Council meeting in Dubai, but it do not go the way they wanted, according to officials privy to the meeting. During the meeting, the ICC gave a clear guideline ... Read more

One of the country’s largest mobile operators, Banglalink Limited, introduced national cricketer Sakib al Hasan as their new brand ambassador at a city hotel on Saturday. Sakib was chosen to represent Banglalink for the next two years. The 26-year old all-rounder will take part in a various number of promotional activities

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is facing an acute shortage of fund to run its day-to-day activities which required them to seek a loan of Tk nine crore from a private bank against its fixed deposit, according to a document obtained by New Age on Saturday. The BCB, in its most talked-about board

The Bangladesh Cricket Board ensured extra security measures for the Sri Lankan side as they arrived at Hazrat Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagong on Saturday for the second and final Test. The BCB appeared cautious due to the recent experience during the home series against West Indies Under-19 when the tourists scrapped the series at the ... Read more

The Bangladesh cricket team harkened back on Friday to the days when they would participate in a practice session on the scheduled last day of a Test match, having already lost the match within four days. Captain Mushfiqur Rahim, Nasir Hossain, Tamim Iqbal, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah, Imrul Kayes, Abdur Razzak and Shamsur Rahman took part in

Bangladesh’s fragile batsmen caved in for the second time in the game to hand Sri Lanka a massive innings and 248-run victory inside four days in the first Test in Dhaka on Thursday. Tired after spending nearly two days in the field, the Tigers appeared numb in their thinking, evident in their mindless batting performance ... Read more

For Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim it was a Test match to forget. Not only did Bangladesh go down in defeat by a whopping innings and 248-run margin against Sri Lanka in the first Test in Dhaka, the Tigers also suffered the ignominy of conceding their highest-ever opposition score when the visitors racked up 730-6 declared in ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan took contrasting views on the media upon his arrival in Dhaka from the ICC meeting on Thursday, first blaming them for creating an outcry before thanking them for outstanding support.  The ICC meeting discussed a proposal put forward by cricketing giants India, Australia and England, who wanted to effectively

Mahela Jayawardene once again victimised the Bangladeshi bowlers to show his class as he cracked an unbeaten double century to compound the hosts’ misery in the first Test in Dhaka on Wednesday. His 203 not out, the right-hander’s fifth Test century against Bangladesh, guided Sri Lanka to a mammoth 730-6 and gave them an imposing 498-run ... Read more

Mahela Jayawardene reached another milestone in his illustrious career on Wednesday, even if he was too busy flaying Bangladeshi bowlers around the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to notice. He did, however, notice a change in the way the hosts approached the game as he and the other Sri Lankan batsmen put the game out of reach. Jayawardene moved

On a day when Bangladeshi bowlers were taken to task by the Sri Lankan batmen to the tune of 730-6 declared – the highest team total against the Tigers in Tests – off-spinner Sohag Gazi argued that the attack actually performed decently on Wednesday. His assessment after Bangladesh’s disappointing performance stunned those at the press briefing ... Read more

Dhaka Gladiators skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza and coach Ian Pont were summoned by the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s Anti Corruption Tribunal to give their accounts of the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing scandal, officials said on Wednesday. Mashrafee appeared before the tribunal on Wednesday, while Pont is expected to to give his